A federal judge ruled that the state of Kentucky cannot stop one of its residents from making an “IM GOD” vanity license plate.

Bennie Hart, a retired postal worker, applied for a vanity license plate for his vehicle in 2016 that read “IM GOD.” Hart’s request was denied because the state claimed that vanity plates were not subject to First Amendment protections because they are approved by the state and are, therefore, the state’s speech.

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